Improvement in trucks



E. J. LEYBURN.

Truck.

Patented Dec. P9, 1879.

` road-cars and for carrying cles to be. dumped; andl do hereby declareth'at the following is a r r description thereof, reference being had xto Y r the annexed draw-ings, and theletters of referf t ,t `ence markedthereon, forminga part of this 'f specification of' said inventioininwhich drawhopper shown inFig. 1 being removed, A r r thetruek incondition to have trunks placed and i V, `binations,Y` u inafterdescribed and specificallyclaimed;v

' f In-`the'-draWings,-A indicates the platform fgfof the truck.`Thi`splatforn1 is constructed EDWARD 'J. LRYRURN, or LEXINGTON,AssiGNoRoF oNRHALR Ris RIGHT To WILLIAMAMGGUR, oFsTAUNToN, VIRGINIA;

iMPRovEMEN-rm TRUCKS.

i A i speinwtion'forming part-0f Letters Patent No; 222,412, hated,December 9,1829, ppneanonleai- 'v october fz?1e79.gA

` ,`\To all whom t may concern; ,I q Be it known that I, EDWARD J.LRYRURM` of Lexington, in. the county of :Rockbridge and State ofVirginia, have` invented a new` and `Improved, Truck for loadingtrunksupon frail# ingsl t r Figure 1 isa side elevation of my improved 1Htruok,lwith a-hopper in placethereonrfor car 1 rying grain orany'article to be dumped. Fig.`

2 is a plan view of my improvedtruck, the and piled up erosswise thereonpreparatory: to

i elevating the saine tothe height of andupon @the door of abaggage-car. VFig. 3 is a side elevation of my 'improvedf'truek asitWill alo "pear, when in use for `loading trunks into a railroadbaggage-canand .ready to be With- "lfdrawn 'from the car after thetrunks have been'. V t f removed from the truck; and section in the liney y of Fig.,l. l f

` The nature of myinvention consists inpro- `v'iding atruck with aplatform which, While loaded with trunks `or other articles, may be Fig.4 is a cross-v bodilyelevated a considerabledistance above its normalpositionover the axle andwheels 3 `ofthe truck, and yethave a-supportuponsaid i @axle and wheels, for the purposefofunloading the Vplatformeither into a` railroad-car orupn r `a door or on a plane which ishigherthanithe l floor or plane upon which `the Wheelsof the.

` truck stand during the actfof nnloading: A

It also consists in pertain constructions, conn-` and arrangement ofparts, avshere-` with two longitudinal siderpiece's, andff which, attheir rearends,terrninatein handles p "h, and `at their extreme forwardends are'lprol videdwithrollers or wheels d; The side piece a', near itseXtreme-front end', hasa sharp,-

grain or other arti-y fuu, clear, and exact when the platform Vhas beenreleva shoved (forward into r the ear, as re and soprventtlie truckfrom` casually roller, B, isjseoured,'between`the 'a a', and'hasitsbearings through L Tothe axisof this roller Aa ratchet `A Aand`hand-crank i q2 arc-fastened, `an ranged `in elationwto arpawl,gQVon'ft pieceaot the platform that the` p jthrovvhlintorposiltion, asshown infth will egegewh theteeth, 0f weltliche Each of theside pieces aand @Z119 Areal' IldSvjS POVCC with SUDDQITS 0 L, Wliichvhen the truckisbeingzload r bel made to. standllon4 the ,same `plai WheelslW,QasfsignifiedV in` Fig.v l. j To the underside ot's ide 'pieee'lsa ct ASrsjare driven fiuto .Saidzsiflypfie Si loflice of `which lis ltolimitthegrearwa ment or throvvlof-the'frame Ewhlenm is drawn up fromitsposition asfsh Fig. lhto that shown. in Eig. E), `Froy srtopsljforwardtojnear the fronten(` n r 'side pieces, manda', inetalplates care` 1 `plied -to said side pieces. h These lguid of `aresomewhatjcwider than vthe side af, and extendinwardly from saids`avsfclea'idyshovvn iuFig. 4, for a purp ntlyr`deslcribed.

f Eis `a?rectangular framehaving;t`

pieces, @2,ra1ned together crosstb2, as indicated in the figures. Thisframe is 4about one-half the length of the platform A,

and of a width slightly less than said platform.

The side pieces a2 of the frame are, by a metal plate-extension, e',hinged at one end to the axle of the two truck-wheels W, as shown, andat their opposite ends are provided with metal-plate extensions e2,through which the pivotal pins p of a cross-bar, R, pass. This pivotedcross-bar R has a face-plate, s, applied upon it, as shown in Fig. 4,and the plate is made with broad ends t t, which bear against the faceof the metal plates c' upon the under side of the side pieces a a of theplatform A during the movement of the frame F from its position as shownin Fig. l to its potion as shown in Fig. 3, and vice versa.- Said plates is also made with lips, as at o v, (clearly shown in Fig. 4,) whichoverlap the inwardlyextended portions of the plate c', applied to theunder side of the longitudinal frame-pieces a and a of the platform A,and thus, by means of the bearing of the ends t t of the plate s againstthe plates c', and the bearing of 'the lips v o upon said plates c', theframe F is always held in working juxtaposition with the platform.

F' is a rear frame, composed of side pieces and cross-ties similar to F,and at its lower end articulates upon 'the axle x by means of the axlebeing passed through holes in the ends of its side pieces, as shown,while at its upper end its side pieces are provided with angularmetallic extensions e3, as shown, whereby the frame is pivoted, as at pto the side pieces a and a' of the frame A.

Centrally of the length of the crosstie b of the frame F, and to theunder face of said tie,

'a broad, strong, met-al support, G, is firmly j fastened.

This support is bent.I as shown, so as to rest upon the axle a', whileits free end, as at m, is adapted to abut against the under face of thelower cross-tie, b', of the frame F, and thereby afford a strong supportto the platform A when the platform is in its normal position (shown inFig. l) ready to be loaded.

C is a sheave-block attached to the crosstie b2 of the frame F, andthrough this sheaveblock a rope, t', is passed, as shown, with one ofits ends fastened to the upper cross-tie, b2, of the frame F', and withits other end fastened to the crank-roller B, so that an operator byholding on to one of the handles It with one hand can with his otherhand turn the crank g2 and wind the rope 'i upon the roller B, therebydrawing the frames F and F upwardly from their position shown in Fig. 1to their position shown in Fig. 3, and correspondingly elevating theplatform A, as indicated in the drawings. During this act the forwardend of the frame F will travel rearwardly along the face of the metalplates c until such movement is arrested by the plate s of the cross-barR. striking against the stops j.

When the ratchet and pawl g g are engaged,

as shown, it is obvious that the platform A may be held at any desiredheight withinthe range of its highest and lowest elevation.

To load trunks into a railroad-car, we will suppose an attendant topress somewhat with his left hand on the handle h ofthe side piece a ofthe platform A, the hopper Z being removed, as shown in Fig. 2. This actwill tilt down the rear end of the truck, and, instead of beingsupported by the wheels W and the rollers d', it will now be supportedby the wheels W and legs L in the position shown in Fig. 1. Trunks arenow loaded upon the platform Abetween the guards e @,and the truck isthen shoved or wheeled along the platform l? until the front end of thetruck almost touches the side of the car T. The attendant, now presseswith one hand upon the handle h, as before, and with his other handturns the crank g2 until the forward end of the truck rises slightlyabove the floor f of the car, whereupon the truck is shoved forward justenough to allow the sharp-pointed pawlj to catch into the tloor of' thecar. The attendant now, still holding on to the handle h, resumes theturning of the crank, which act draws 'the frames F and VF nearer andnearer together' until the platform A has reached a horizontal positionand on a level with the iloor f of the car, whereupon the truck is, withits load upon it, shoved into the car, as indicated in Fig. 3, inconvenient position for unloadingpand stowing the luggage in the car.

In some instances I intend to have the wheels W somewhat farther forwardthan shown in the drawings, and the legs L shorter, so as to make thetruck pitch somewhat back instead of forward, and also only use a singleguard, e, at the rear of the truck, dispensing with the front one.l t

The winding power may be increased `by putting gearing on thewinding-drum B and having a pinion to work in it, and the handle of thecrank g2 should be made to shove in in any suitable manner, so as to beout of 'the way when the truck is moved in a crowd of people.

I claiml 1. A truck provided with elevating and supporting frames, whichat one end are jointed to the axle of the truck, While at their oppositeends one of said frames is pivoted to the platform in rear of the axle,and the other at tached to the platform by a sliding connection forwardof the axle, whereby, when the platform is being elevated from itsnormal position over the axle and wheels, the axle and wheels will bedrawn. rearward beneath the j platform and the platform projectedforward of the axle and wheels, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. A truck comprising a platform, A, with suitable guards, two frames, FF', jointed together, and one of them pivoted or hinged at one end, andthe other-capable ot sliding, an axle, x, wheels W, rollers d and d', awindliess-roller, B,- rope, fi, and`sheuveblook Y C,- `vii/ard endof'theplatform A of theli:V `substantially as and for the purpose described...stania-llyvgsaud for the purpose describe i i j, substantially as andvfor the purpose .de-p` `In,peseilce of--'V scribed.

ruxksubj l 3. The combination of the guide-platesc, i p. lipped plate s,jointed 4frame F F', and stops i yEDWARD J. LEYB R" Y p jSIMONRAMsEY; p4. The pivotcd hooks f, applied to the fori CHARLESSAMUEL STANTON.

